Prime Minister Tony Blair was warned by Teesside MPs today that he has to "start listening" after his Commons defeat.

Though none of the Tees Valley members rebelled in the vote on locking up terrorist suspects, there was a consensus that yesterday's dramatic defeat for Mr Blair had long term implications.

Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland MP Ashok Kumar claimed today there was no doubt that Mr Blair had been "severely injured" by yesterday's outcome.

And Stockton North veteran MP Frank Cook believed there was now an element within the Parliamentary Labour Party who wanted to get rid of Mr Blair.

Teesside MPs like Dr Kumar, Mr Cook and Redcar's Vera Baird believed that the Prime Minister would now have to not only consult but listen more.

But Middlesbrough's MP Sir Stuart Bell was scathing of the Labour rebels: "The public will take amiss votes of members of Parliament who are safe behind bullet proof screens, surrounded by armed police and river patrols who voted down the measure needed for the nation's security."